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Thursday 7 November 2019

FOREVER YOUNG

The MLS Cup trophy is dis-
played Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019,
in Seattle.
Associated Press
Don Garber

touts MLS

successes

while labor

negotiations

loom

By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) — Whether
it's the increased talent in
the league, a highly suc-
cessful format change
for the postseason, or the
addition of more expan-
sion teams, Major League
Soccer Commissioner Don
Garber sees a wave of mo-
mentum heading into this
weekend's MLS Cup final.
That momentum could all
come to a halt in a hur-
ry, though, if the league
doesn't reach a labor deal
with its players before the Young dazzles,
start of the 2020 season.
Negations over a new col-
lective bargaining agree- Hawks beat Spurs
ment are set to take the
offseason spotlight.
"We and our players are Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young (11) scores
focused on doing every- in the second half of an NBA basketball
thing possible to reach an game against the San Antonio Spurs Tues-
agreement that'll make day, Nov. 5, 2019, in Atlanta. The Hawks won
sense for ownership and
makes sense for the play- 108-100.
ers," Garber told The As- Associated Press
sociated Press in a phone Page 19
interview Wednesday.

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